Sad part is Curry started this mess. Rip senced more like garbage. And like it out on Q. But then this team sucks and it's all JD's fault.

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I beg to differ...Flip started this mess by disrespecting the multiple award-winning defensive talents of Ben Wallace. That had to piss off every member of the championship team at least a little...sure as hell pissed me off.

Then there was Rip signing the big 5 year deal just days before CB was shipped to Denver. From reports, that was obviously a shocker to Rip...remember the tearful meeting in the hotel room? Pretty lame of Dumars to sign him without at least cluing him in to what was about to happen.

I don't blame Rip for being pissed, but his actions have been childish. I blame Dumars for most of this. We hear how things supposedly get settled internally but it's pretty obvious that doesn't actually happen.

Joe has made a number of less than primo moves over the last few years. The more he does, and doesn't do, has brought me to the conclusion that Hammond (2009-10 NBA Executive of the Year) was the brains putting the title team together. Another conclusion (I've said this before)...Dumars was afraid for his job, not hiring Laimbeer over the last three coaching changes.

Sort of hate to say it because of his Pistons history, but I definitely want Dumars gone...hope Gores makes it his first move after taking ownership. Hiring Hammond back from Milwaukee and hiring Laimbeer as HC would be great second and third moves.

"First of all, John Kuester has my full support...which means he's gonna be toast when the season ends... as we try to make a push towards the postseason over these last 21 games...pushing Kuester and a few players out the door... We've had a long and proud history of being a first class organization...til my lack of decision making messed that up... that handles its business the right way...taking forever to sell, getting every penny we possibly can... We expect everyone that represents the Detroit Pistons...obviously, except for some hand picked players... to do so in a first class manner...maybe ethical, if we're lucky... and that will continue as we move forward...possibly, hopefully, sometime in the near future..."

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I had to give my take on his words. As you can see, I have trust issues with JD.

Dett, go back even futher, not getting minutes for his #2 pick. Firing a 50 win coach to land L. Brown. Not increasing L.Brown's pay after he won a ship.
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"First of all, John Kuester has my full support as we try to make a push towards the postseason over these last 21 games. We've had a long and proud history of being a first class organization that handles its business the right way. We expect everyone that represents the Detroit Pistons to do so in a first class manner and that will continue as we move forward."

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Ok so being totally serious here I thought for sure this was just you guys messing around. I didn't think that there was any way in hell that Joe got off his lazy behind and even bothered to say anything about this. Based on the way he has acted the last couple seasons intervening with the team matters and trying to make them better, was something that I thought he figured was beneath him.

Van Gundy said he didn't know how he would have handled the situation because he didn't have specific information on each player. But he did say, about the Pistons, "That's about the weakest group of players I've seen in the NBA — people that would do that. Patrick Ewing and I were talking about it and we were saying that if any of those guys become free agents, why in God's name would you want any of them on your basketball team?" ​

As the reports of player mutiny in Detroit began circulating throughout
the NBA community on Friday, detailing disdain, disrespect and total disregard for a head coach -- and ultimately for a Pistons organization once considered the gold standard -- a palpable level of disappointment should have permeated throughout professional sports. And especially throughout the African-American community.

It's never good for their image when athletes, considered laborers in the eyes of the viewing public, get their backs up, start flexing their proverbial muscle and begin provoking changes instead of just speaking privately on the need for them. And when news came out that a group of has-beens, wannabes and wish-they-could'ves filling up the Pistons' roster had skipped Friday's shootaround before the game against the Philadelphia 76ers in an effort to expedite the firing of coach John Kuester, their flagrant idiocy and insensitivity put NBA players in a very bad light with the public.

But bottom line because everyone including media and loyal fans know that Kuester lost control of the team early due to Rips Rantings and Tay's Tussles has led to a season long slump. They also know that Joe "hands tied" Dumars has not handled it well and the lame duck ownership chose to ignore the issues. The potential buyers have not ignored it and that is why Mrs. D still owns this perceived mess.

Outsiders who have a love hate feeling of the Pistons dating back to the Bad Boys are quick to jump on the Pistons troubles so of course the story won't die despite the Pistons.org trying to spin the whole thing into a misunderstanding.

Whether it was a misunderstanding and it was proven that some players over slept and others were indeed sick, the issue will never be forbidden unless the Piston kick butt the rest the season and make some noise in the post season and restore some sort of dignity.